A history of the bias cut: The 1920s and 1930s were a golden era for body hugging, seductive silhouettes, with icons like Jean Harlow and Bette Davis defining strong, captivating femininity. Their signature 1930s Opalescent Bias Cut Silk and Lace Slip Dress S M 1930s deadstock rayon satin bias cut slip dress Page of Air THE ELEGANCE OF THE 1930's BIAS CUT GOWN The bias cut of material, a mode introduced in the 1920s by the French couturiere Madeleine Vionnet, was widely adopted in the 1930s and